"Men create the gods in their own image."

earth-song: “Wild FOX” by Milan Krasula

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:36:41 -0400

“Wild FOX” by Milan Krasula

commonorgarden: London Flickr has had a re-boot and, as a...

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:33:34 -0400

West Hampstead station

Victoria station

Angel Islington

Waterloo station

London

Flickr has had a re-boot and, as a result, it has released all of the photos of mine it previously had locked up under the ‘Flickr Pro’ paywall. As a result I suddenly have access to 3,000 photos I took between 2007 and 2012 when I was much more interested in photography.

I’m going to be slightly self-indulgent and choose a few of my favourites to post in location-based sets. The first being ‘London’.

danceswithdoritos: draemishs: coolasacalliope: thedoctorpottergames: causticgambler: nayariverax...

Tue, 21 May 2013 22:06:01 -0400

danceswithdoritos:

draemishs:

coolasacalliope:

thedoctorpottergames:

causticgambler:

nayariverax:

remember when this thing was number #1 in the uk charts.

WE DON’T TALK ABOUT THAT

IT WAS HERE IN AMERICA TOO OMFG I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST US

AUSTRALIA TOO I DON’T THINK ANYONE ESCAPED

IT WAS EVERYWHERE

IT WAS EVEN IN CANADA

thefluffingtonpost: Local Puppy Can’t Wait for Summer School is...

Tue, 21 May 2013 21:02:11 -0400

thefluffingtonpost:

Local Puppy Can’t Wait for Summer

School is almost out for Winnie, an area puppy who can’t wait for summer.

“She’s so excited about it,” said third grade teacher Mrs. Jenkins, “that Winnie actually turned in an essay called, ‘How I Plan to Spend My Summer Vacation,’ that wasn’t even assigned.”

According to the copy of the essay, obtained by The Fluffington Post, the dog plans to chase tennis balls, bark at the cat, roll in smelly stuff and dig a big hole under the porch.

Sounds like quite a summer.

Via teamerriestjam.

teenytigress: SO THIS GUY IN MY ENGLISH IS DOING A PROJECT FOR...

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:38:42 -0400

teenytigress:

SO THIS GUY IN MY ENGLISH IS DOING A PROJECT FOR BIO WHERE HE GETS A DUCKLING TO IMPRINT ON HIM SO HE JUST CARRIES IT AROUND WITH HIM TO ALL OF HIS CLASSES AND I SWEAR THIS DUCK IS THE MOST WELL BEHAVED FUCKING POULTRY IVE EVER SEEN IT JUST SITS ON HIS DESK QUIETLY AND SOMETIMES HE PUTS IT IN HIS POCKET AND IT JUST SLEEPS LIKE WOW YOU GO DUCKY

Photo

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:38:36 -0400

panda-face-mew: Scarlett Skull Crusher

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:38:03 -0400

panda-face-mew:

Scarlett Skull Crusher

wolveswolves: My blog turned one year old today, yay!

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:37:36 -0400

wolveswolves:

My blog turned one year old today, yay!

tiredboomerang: The Forge - For Anybody Hurting (by...

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:36:55 -0400

tiredboomerang:

The Forge - For Anybody Hurting (by soulpancake)

whitehouse: Today we’re kicking off “We the Geeks,” a new...

Tue, 21 May 2013 08:41:49 -0400

whitehouse:

Today we’re kicking off “We the Geeks,” a new series of Google+ Hangouts to highlight the future of science, technology, and innovation.

Want to join in? Tune in at 2 p.m. ET.

4,127 people have been killed by guns since Newtown.

Tue, 21 May 2013 08:41:34 -0400

think-progress:

And that number is growing rapidly. Just yesterday afternoon, the number was 4,099.

excitablehonky: “Timely Justice,” my ass: For a state with 24...

Tue, 21 May 2013 08:41:17 -0400

excitablehonky:

“Timely Justice,” my ass:

For a state with 24 death row exonerations under its belt (the highest in the country), you would think Florida might want to slow down its execution process to avoid putting innocent people to death. But Florida lawmakers are doing just the opposite

The Miami Herald calls the bill “unacceptable”:

As Mark Elliott, director of Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, points out, “That’s one exoneration for every three executions.”

That should give every Floridian pause.

Frank Lee Smith died of cancer on Death Row after 14 years in prison. Sadly, after his death, DNA testing proved he was innocent and also identified the real killer. What kind of justice did Mr. Smith get?

Natasha Lennard, writing for Salon, calls it “ill-named”:

In a most perverse admission, flagged by Khalek, Republican Senator Rob Bradley said “this is not about guilt or innocence, it’s about timely justice.” So long as proceedings through the Kangaroo court are swift, Bradley seems to admit, the lives of inmates are expendable.

Chris Hedges calls it “cynically named”:

William Van Poyck … is scheduled to die by lethal injection at 6 p.m. June 12 at Florida State Prison. He is a writer who has spent years exposing the cruelty of our system of mass incarceration. On June 12, if Gov. Rick Scott has his way, Van Poyck will write no more. And that is exactly how our political class of murderers wants it.

The New York Times calls it “grotesquely named”:

As the American Bar Association explained in a scathing 2006 report on the state’s death penalty system, Florida is one of the few states that allows a jury to recommend a sentence of death based on a majority vote rather than a unanimous one. Defendants charged with capital crimes often have woefully unqualified counsel, and are much more likely to be convicted and sentenced to death if the victim is white — a sign of racial disparity that is clearly unconstitutional. The flaws in Florida’s system, which soaks up huge amounts of resources, cannot be fixed. It is long past time to abolish capital punishment.

An MSN headline appropriately summarizes, “Florida’s death row Timely Justice Act is cool, unless you’re innocent“—which Juan Melendez can understand since he spent 18 years on death row before being exonerated in 2002:

The “Timely Justice Act” would speed up a system we know has already sent innocent men, like myself, to death row. Some of these prisoners may be men like me, who have exhausted their legal appeals, yet keep trying to find a way to prove their innocence.

In multiple cases of current death row prisoners, we don’t know exactly what the legal claims are. Some of the men on Florida’s death row ran out of legal options simply because their attorneys missed filing deadlines.

In those instances, no court had the opportunity to evaluate the claims and determine whether they have merit. How can we possibly justify speeding up the execution of prisoners in those cases?

According to logic of the “Timely Justice Act,” any prisoner who has exhausted his appeals and been through a clemency process has had every opportunity and is ready for an execution date, regardless of the specific questions and issues that surround his case.

I am living proof that each case is unique and that the system must allow ample time for the truth to emerge.

Given Florida’s troubling track record on wrongful convictions, this legislation ensures the unthinkable — the execution of an innocent person.

There needs to be more outrage about this.

L.A. Liberty: Libertarian Link Roundup

Tue, 21 May 2013 08:39:19 -0400

L.A. Liberty: Libertarian Link Roundup:

laliberty:

Some interesting reading I’ve come across while sitting on a chair in the sky…

War

Lew Rockwell’s manifesto of peace.

Aeon Skoble’s thoughtful contributions to the subject of libertarianism and war.

Glenn Greenwald on the endless war on terror.

Has the Left made peace…

"You can hear it [music] for free any how, if someone marginally likes it they can wait till it comes..."

Tue, 21 May 2013 08:38:13 -0400

“You can hear it [music] for free any how, if someone marginally likes it they can wait till it comes on the radio again, or whatever. When it gets under your skin and you have to have, you have to own it, that’s what you’re going for!”

- Nile Rodgers talking to Q Magazine (via meetmarkford)

School: We don't allow bullying if you bully we will fuck you up

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:06:50 -0400

School:We don't allow bullying if you bully we will fuck you up
Student: I got bullied.
School: The fuck do you want us to do about it?

Have you ever met someone And they’re so fucking perfect in every way. And maybe they aren’t...

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:06:41 -0400

Have you ever met someone

And they’re so fucking perfect in every way.

And maybe they aren’t perfect to everybody, but to you they’re just absolutely amazing.

The way they laugh and smile and talk and think and look and just everything about them and everything they do just keeps amazing you.

pikeys: Without a Doubt - Part #2, 2012 by Oliver Jeffers

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:06:35 -0400

pikeys:

Without a Doubt - Part #2, 2012 by Oliver Jeffers

skeptv: Science Bulletins: Fish Biodiversity Protects Coral...

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:06:22 -0400

skeptv:

Science Bulletins: Fish Biodiversity Protects Coral Reefs

Not all seaweed-eating fish are created equal. Reef fish near the islands of Fiji eat seaweed that is toxic to coral, helping maintain a healthy reef system. But some species of fish limit their grazing to only one type of seaweed. Herbivorous fish diversity is the coral’s best insurance for keeping different varieties of harmful algae in check.

via AMNH.

10knotes: clown-dick: this is tumblr right now This post has...

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:06:15 -0400

10knotes:

clown-dick:

this is tumblr right now

This post has been featured on a 1000notes.com blog.

Creative Something: Tools are only as good as our reasons and methods for using them

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:05:45 -0400

Creative Something: Tools are only as good as our reasons and methods for using them:

creativesomething:

Today it was announced that